Collegio Clementino
The Collegio Clementino is an educational institution in Rome , which founded in 1595 and until 1873 by the Congregation of somaschi fathers was performed. After the nationalization it has existed since 1891 under the sponsorship of the Italian state as Convitto Nazionale “Vittorio Emanuele II” di Roma .
history
The Collegio Clementino owes its name to Pope Clement VIII , who erected it with the bull Ubi primum ad summi apostolatum apicem on October 5, 1595.
Its original location was in Rome on Piazza Nicosia . On November 1, 1595 it was placed under the direction of Somasker Fathers, whose religious order was founded to support orphans and the poor and was recognized by Pope Pius V in 1568. With the founding of the Collegio Clementino, the Somaskans broke new ground, because the education of young people from noble families had not previously been one of their tasks. This activity led to the fact that the Somaskers enjoyed a higher reputation in the aristocratic circles of the city of Rome.
The planning for the construction in Via Nicosia came from Giacomo della Porta (1532–1602). In 1604 the former Collegio della Nazione Illirica was attached to the Collegio Clementino , whose seat Pope Urban VIII later moved to Loreto . This association granted the Collegio Clementino a number of privileges.
In the 17th and 18th centuries the Collegio Clementino produced numerous cardinals , including Domenico Silvio Passionei (1682–1761), Francesco Maria Pignatelli (1744–1815) and Diego Innico Caracciolo (1759–1820); The future Pope Benedict XIV (1675–1758) also studied here from 1688. In addition to Catholic clergy, other well-known personalities such as Donato Silva (1696–1779), the mathematician Giulio Fagnano dei Toschi , Alessandro Malaspina (1754–1810), Marchese Luigi Cagnola (1762–1833) and Marchese Tiberio Pacca (1786–1837) studied at Collegio Clementino.
After Napoleon's occupation of Rome , the Collegio Clementino was closed and many of its properties, including the building in Piazza Nicosia , were auctioned. With the end of the Napoleonic era, the Somasker fathers succeeded in regaining large parts of the order's property, and they reopened the college in 1834 .
As a result of the unity of Italy , many institutions of religious orders were dissolved in 1873, including the Collegio Clementino , and its properties were appropriated by the Italian state. In 1891, as a result of the Lex Casati, the Collegio Clementino was built again under the new name Convitto Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele II in the Villa Lucidi near Rome. In 2010, various authorities were located in the former building on Piazza Nicosia .
literature
- O. Paltrinieri: Elogio del Pontificio e nobile Collegio Clementino di Roma . Rome 1795
- L. Zambarelli: Il nobile Pontificio Collegio Clementino di Roma . Rome 1936
- L. Montaldo: Il Clementino . Rome 1939
Web links
- Convitto Nazionale "Vittorio Emanuele II", Homepage (Italian)
- History of the Somaskers , accessed July 29, 2015 (Italian)
- Collegio Clementino , accessed July 29, 2015
Individual evidence
- ↑ Brief history ( Memento of the original from February 25, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on July 29, 2015
